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Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the inequities that have characterized the past two years are only being further entrenched.” Experts at a leading U.S. human rights group marked the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic

Climate , Data & Reports , Food , Health , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 03/09/2022

Future food-jelly fish, cell based meat using AI and blockchain-what are the risks and benefits

Thinking about the future of food safety – A foresight report from WHO maps out some of the most important emerging issues in food and agriculture with a focus on food safety implications, which are increasingly on the minds of consumers around the world. Whether it’s new foods like jel

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Opinions , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/08/2022

Why a ‘one-in-a-thousand-year’ flood could become the norm in Australia

Notwithstanding the Australian government’s sub-par climate policies, Australia has created a government agency for recovery and resilience, a disaster risk reduction framework, and national adaptation guidance. The east coast of Australia is experiencing one of its worst floods in recent history.

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Launches & Events , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 03/03/2022

Environment Assembly concludes with 14 resolutions to curb pollution, protect and restore nature worldwide

Along with putting an end to plastic pollution, a second key resolution supports the establishment of a comprehensive and ambitious science policy panel on the sound management of chemicals and waste and preventing pollution. The 5th UN Environment Assembly concluded in Nairobi with 14 resolutions

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 03/01/2022

Mining companies seek to expand into Brazil’s indigenous territories

Lívia Machado Costa New report shows that companies from Brazil and abroad are sieging sites of interest, even where mineral extraction is prohibited he search for new mining areas is expanding into Brazil’s indigenous territories, amid rising mineral revenues and exports, as well as in

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 02/28/2022

Latest IPCC report says human induced climate catastrophe is destroying both humans and nature

Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, on Small Islands and in the Arctic. Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of pe

Aid , Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Governance , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/26/2022

Australia pledges billions to save its Great Barrier Reef. Is it enough?

However, the reef is dying. Climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is the biggest culprit with the reef going through five mass bleaching events in the past 25 years On the 28th of January 2022, the Australian government pledged $1 billion of funding for the conservation o

Biodiversity , Business , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Food , Health , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 02/25/2022

A global plastic treaty on cards?

Plastic pollution is one of the key concerns for the entire globe at the moment. Something that started as a symbol of progress a few decades ago is out in the open as a killer that the humans find very difficult to control. It’s a menace from top to toe, from the production stage to the [&hell

Biodiversity , Climate , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Resources , Science & Technology , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/06/2022

Understanding the nexus between soil degradation and Climate Change

Dr. Sanjeev Narrainen The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report revealed that our soil is degrading at an alarming rate, with a significant loss of macro and micro nutrients. Contemporary societies live on a cultivated planet where agriculture covers approximately 38% of the land

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Health , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 01/31/2022

Food trade takes a mixed stance on new genetic engineering in EU

So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largely free of GM crops for years, and the direct use of GM crops in food has fallen through with consumers – which is why such products are not found in supermarkets. At the same time, explicitly GM

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